The absolutely MOST IMPORTANT SKILLSETS any person can learn are: *How to get along with others superbly. *And how to manage our lives most rewardingly. 

These vital skillsets allow us to thrive emotionally, connect deeply with others, perform at high levels. and make great decisions in our careers, activities and relationships.

Lack of these skills accounts for almost all human distress – right up to wars, most emotional and much physical pain, our many abuses of each other and addictions (though we often say it’s from lack of character). This is a HUGE TRUTH we all need to come to terms with in order to raise the quality of our personal lives – and of all human life.

Personal Life Skills Learning (known mostly to educators as Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and in other schools as Character Development or Whole Child Development) teaches kids to manage emotions, build healthy relationships, and lead fulfilling lives. These skills are proven to prevent dire struggles and to uplift schools, families, workplaces and communities. 

Kids learn these skills faster than adults, and parents LOVE the results — happier moods, better grades and behaviors, brighter futures. Decades of research back this. 

CHOOSE A BUTTON for ways you can easily help get these sorely needed skills to more kids. (Donating helps us do that. Scroll down to learn about EQuip Our Kids!, a project of Earthways Foundation.)